MediaResources

Articles:
"Big Media: Good, Bad, or Both?" (Poynter.org)
"Separate but Equal: Comparing Local News in English and Spanish" (Journalism.org)
"Ethnic Media Content Analysis: 2006 Annual Report: Spanish-Language Media"(Journalism.org)
Analysis Report: Terrorism, Tight Credit, and Tragedies Emerge in News in Third Quarter (Journalism.org)

• includes data from 2007 on top news stories
• from same report: "Immigration Retreats to Shadows"

"The Border and the Ballot Box" (New York Times)
3 articles on the media-driven "culture of celebrity"

Web sites:
Adbusters
Alternative Press Magazine
Center for Digital Democracy
Chicago Media Action
Clear Channel
Columbia Journalism Review
Community Media Workshop
Democracy Now!
Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)
FreePress
Independent Media Center
Independent Press Alliance (NY)
Local News (PBS series that brings you inside a local newsroom)--also check out links on this page:

• The Ratings Game (how TV programs are rated)
• Behind the Story (how news items are chosen; also speaks to role in community)

Los Angeles Independent Media
Media Awareness Network (Canadian)
Media Channel
NewsLab
PressThink
Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)
Stop Big Media
Undercurrents--the news you don't see on the news

Resources:
Who Owns the Media?
"Conglomerates Gone Wild" (YouTube video)
Media Use Statistics (FANTASTIC SOURCE--tons of data about media consumption)
Questions to Ask About Media Messages
Media Literacy: How the Media Constructs Reality (includes some data and statistics) --NOTE: this won't open in the computer lab.
BBC News guide to media in US